EXTRA 1 on Metzora 14:33

Side-ring EXTRA · Joint address

Source

Pattern of Toras Kohanim / classical treatment of openings addressed to Moshe and Aharon together (as at the start of the zav section, 15:1, and elsewhere in nega law).

Core Text

Core Text
וַיְדַבֵּר ה׳ אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן — לְלַמֵּד שֶׁאַף בְּנִגְעֵי בָּתִּים הַכֹּהֵן שׁוּתָּף בַּדִּבּוּר, שֶׁעַל פִּיו תְּלוּיָה הַטָּהֳרָה וְהַטֻּמְאָה.

English: “Hashem spoke to Moshe and to Aharon” — to teach that in the law of house afflictions as well, the kohen is partnered in the speech, for purity and impurity depend on his word.

Type of Learning

Kohen’s role in house nega

What Is Learned

House-nega law, like person-nega, is framed as a joint communication so that Aharon’s line — the kohanim who inspect — is present from the first word of the section.